Meet the Co-Founders

Herleen Arora (she/her)

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Herleen is an educator, community leader, researcher and consultant. She co-founded the collective several years ago with fellow change makers, and is passionate about designing spaces, programming and research that supports the social and economic mobility of women and gender diverse communities across the South Asian diaspora.

Ayesha Syed (she/her)

Co-Founder

Ayesha (MEd, OCT) is an educator, anti-racism consultant, and community leader who is committed to holistic and pragmatic approaches to equity and community advocacy.  Ayesha leads organizations in racial literacy, inclusive education and programming, and anti-oppressive leadership; she coaches systems on iterative approaches in change management that predicate anti-racist collaborations working alongside minoritized communities to advance community mobilization and social justice.

Community Advisors and Collaborators

Ritika Arora

Seema Taneja

Nivaal Rehman

Current:

Sushmitha Thurumalaivasan

Aamna Coskun

Noor Imran

Almeera Khalid

Rajvi Mehta

Sudipra Saha

Past:

SAWC Financial Partners and Funders

  • Agincourt Community Services Association (ACSA)

  • Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF)

  • Region of York

  • Alectra

  • Peter Gilligan Foundation